Meaning of bloodguiltiness | Babel Free

Definitions

Guilt of having shed blood or killed someone.

uncountable

Examples

“Deliuer me from bloud giltineſſe (O God) thou that art the god of my health: and my toungue ſhall ſyng of thy righteouſneſſe.”

“[H]igh God, in lieu of innocence, / Imprinted had that token of his wrath, / To ſhew how ſore bloudguiltineſſe he hat'th; [...]”

“Take⟳ heed, then, lest, while you plume yourselves on your superior wisdom and discrimination, the Great Captain does not arraign you before his court-martial on the charge of blood-guiltiness.”

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